<div class="refentry" title="glGenTextures"><a id="glGenTextures"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>glGenTextures — generate texture names</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="C Specification"><h2>C Specification</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">glGenTextures</b>(</code></td><td>GLsizei <var class="pdparam">n</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLuint * <var class="pdparam">textures</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Parameters"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
                    <em class="parameter"><code>n</code></em>
                </span></dt><dd><p>Specifies the number of texture names to be generated.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
                    <em class="parameter"><code>textures</code></em>
                </span></dt><dd><p>Specifies an array in which the generated texture
                    names are stored.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p><code class="function">glGenTextures</code> returns
        <em class="parameter"><code>n</code></em> texture names in
        <em class="parameter"><code>textures</code></em>.
        There is no guarantee that the names form a contiguous set of
        integers. However, it is guaranteed that none of the returned
        names was in use immediately before the call to
        <code class="function">glGenTextures</code>.</p><p>The generated textures have no dimensionality; they
        assume the dimensionality of the texture target to which they
        are first bound (see
        <a class="citerefentry" href="glBindTexture"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glBindTexture</span></span></a>).</p><p>Texture names returned by a call to
        <code class="function">glGenTextures</code>
        are not returned by subsequent calls, unless they are first deleted with
        <a class="citerefentry" href="glDeleteTextures"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDeleteTextures</span></span></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Errors"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p><code class="constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is generated if
        <em class="parameter"><code>n</code></em> is negative.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Associated Gets"><a id="associatedgets"></a><h2>Associated Gets</h2><p>
            <a class="citerefentry" href="glIsTexture"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glIsTexture</span></span></a>
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="See Also"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
        <a class="citerefentry" href="glBindTexture"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glBindTexture</span></span></a>,
        <a class="citerefentry" href="glCopyTexImage2D"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glCopyTexImage2D</span></span></a>,
        <a class="citerefentry" href="glDeleteTextures"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDeleteTextures</span></span></a>,
        <a class="citerefentry" href="glTexImage2D"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glTexImage2D</span></span></a>,
        <a class="citerefentry" href="glTexParameter"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glTexParameter</span></span></a>
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Copyright"><a id="copyright"></a><h2>Copyright</h2><p>
            Copyright © 2003-2004
            Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
            Free Software B License. For details, see
            <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.
        </p></div></div>
